People · Amsterdam & Zurich
Build the AI-era trading stack
Xntara hires for a high-performance multi-asset CFD platform: research, machine learning, low-latency systems, risk, and product. Two European hubs — Amsterdam and Zurich — competitive base pay aligned to top-tier fintech and systematic trading markets.
What we optimise for
Measurable latency, robust risk, clean execution, and models that survive live markets — not slide decks. You’ll ship production systems used by real traders on our connected platform, with ownership from design through incident response.
- Hybrid by default in AMS / ZRH; core collaboration hours with global markets
- Strong hardware / cloud budgets for research and platform work
- Performance bonus and equity-style long-term incentives on top of base (role-dependent)
- Visa sponsorship considered for critical skills where legally available
Amsterdam hub
Platform engineering, market data, execution, and quant research close to EU liquidity and a deep tech talent pool. Hybrid office · Zuidas / city core.
Zurich hub
AI/ML research, risk, security, and systematic infrastructure in one of Europe’s highest-paying tech markets. Hybrid office · Zurich city / lake belt.
Open roles
Base salary bands below are gross annual, competitive for 2025–2026 markets in each city. Total compensation is typically higher with bonus and incentives. Final offers depend on experience, impact, and interview level.
Quantitative Researcher — Systematic Alpha
Own signal research for multi-asset CFDs: feature pipelines, walk-forward validation, portfolio constraints, and production handoff to execution. Python/C++, stats, and live A/B discipline.
€110,000 – €165,000
Base · + performance bonus
Machine Learning Engineer — Predictive Markets
Productionise models for short-horizon prediction, regime detection, and client-risk signals. Feature stores, GPU training, online inference, monitoring for drift and leakage.
CHF 145,000 – CHF 215,000
Base · + performance bonus
Quantitative Developer — Low Latency
Build and harden pricing, strategy, and connectivity components where microseconds matter: C++/Rust services, kernel bypass familiarity a plus, rigorous benchmarking and replay tooling.
€105,000 – €155,000
Base · + performance bonus
Execution Algorithm Engineer
Design smart order routing and execution algos for multi-venue / multi-LP CFD flow: impact models, TCA feedback loops, kill-switches, and capacity-aware scheduling.
CHF 140,000 – CHF 200,000
Base · + performance bonus
Senior Platform Engineer — Trading Stack
Core services for the web trader and account plane: order gateway integration, session management, real-time websockets, TypeScript/Go/Java backends, observability as a first-class feature.
€95,000 – €140,000
Base · + bonus / LTI
AI Infrastructure Engineer (LLMOps / Research Compute)
Own GPU clusters, experiment tracking, model registry, evaluation harnesses, and secure serving for research and internal AI copilots — cost, throughput, and governance at scale.
CHF 135,000 – CHF 195,000
Base · + bonus / LTI
Market Data & Streaming Engineer
Normalize multi-asset feeds, build low-latency distribution (Kafka/NATS/custom), snapshot/replay stores, and quality SLOs so research and trading never fly blind.
€90,000 – €135,000
Base · + bonus
Site Reliability Engineer — Trading Platform
24×7 readiness for a global trading stack: SLOs, chaos and failover drills, multi-region design, on-call excellence, and incident culture that treats downtime like a risk event.
CHF 125,000 – CHF 180,000
Base · + on-call & bonus
Quantitative Risk Engineer
Real-time margin, stress, and concentration models across crypto and traditional CFDs. Partner with trading and compliance; ship controls that protect clients and the firm under fat tails.
€85,000 – €130,000
Base · + bonus
Security Engineer — Trading & Cloud
Application and cloud security for a regulated-adjacent fintech: threat modelling, secrets, zero-trust access, detection engineering, and purple-team exercises with platform squads.
CHF 130,000 – CHF 185,000
Base · + bonus
Product Manager — Algo Trading & API
Roadmap for execution tools, developer API, and professional trader workflows. Translate desk and client pain into shipped metrics: adoption, latency, reliability, and revenue quality.
€95,000 – €140,000
Base · + bonus / LTI
Trade Surveillance & Market Abuse Analyst
Monitor client and internal flow for abuse patterns using modern detection stacks (rules + ML). Escalate cleanly, partner with compliance, and refine alerts that reduce false positives.
CHF 110,000 – CHF 155,000
Base · + bonus
Senior Frontend Engineer — Web Trader
Craft the browser cockpit: high-frequency UI updates, charting performance, accessible order tickets, and design-system quality at trading-room standards. TypeScript, modern React/Vue or equivalent.
€90,000 – €135,000
Base · + bonus / LTI
Applied Scientist — Generative AI for Markets
Apply LLMs and multimodal models to research copilots, document intelligence, and internal decision support — with evaluation, red-teaming, and strict data-boundary design for a trading firm.
CHF 150,000 – CHF 220,000
Base · + research bonus
Salary ranges are indicative gross annual base bands aligned to competitive 2025–2026 markets for algo trading, fintech, and AI talent in Amsterdam (EUR) and Zurich (CHF). They are not contractual offers. Total compensation is typically higher with performance bonus and long-term incentives — especially for quant, ML, and senior engineering roles. Taxes, social contributions, and benefits differ by country.
How to apply
Send your CV / GitHub / research links to careers@xntara.com or use the contact form with topic Careers. Mention the role title and preferred hub (Amsterdam or Zurich).